Veronica Hejtmanek Horak

1886 - 1968  (82 years)

• Name	Veronica Hejtmanek Horak
  Born	3 Nov 1886	Bratislava, Hungary
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Nov 1968	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	29 Nov 1968	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1572	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Thomas Hejtmanek
  Mother	Tressie Hejtmanek
  Family ID	F417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ignatius (Ignac) Horak,   b. 26 Sep 1884, Bilnz, Moravia ,   d. 22 Apr 1972, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 87 years)
  Married	8 Nov 1908	Bratislava, Hungary
  Children	+ 1. Rose V Horak Davis,   b. 6 Jun 1909, Moravia ,   d. 10 Nov 1993  (Age 84 years) + 2. Rudolph Earl (Rudy) Horak,   b. 7 Nov 1910, Moravia ,   d. 11 Mar 1998, Bakersfield, Kern County, California  (Age 87 years) + 3. Albert Horak,   b. 28 Oct 1913, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Jan 2003, Oakhurst, Madera County, California  (Age 89 years) + 4. Emily Sophia Horak Dodge,   b. 15 Apr 1919, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 23 Jul 2016, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 97 years) + 5. Benjamin F (Bennie) Horak,   b. 24 Sep 1920, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 27 Nov 2012, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 92 years) + 6. Edward J (Eddie) Horak,   b. 24 Sep 1920, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 5 Jan 2000, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years) + 7. Irene Horak Collett + 8. Esther J Horak Wehner,   b. 24 Oct 1929, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Jul 2020, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 90 years)
  Documents		Anniversary- Horak, Ignac and Veronica 2 Mr. and Mrs. Ignac Horak celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, November 9th, at their home in Delia. Mr. and Mrs. Horak observed the occasion quietly with close relation and friends from the surrounding area.
  		Anniversary- Horak, Ignac and Veronica 1 Delia couple observes 50th anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Ignac Horak of Delia quietly celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday at their home. Only close relation and friends joined them for the occasion. Ignac Horak was married to Veronica Hejtmanek on November 8, 1908, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Mr. Horak came to the United States in May, 1912, and Mrs. Horak and their two children followed six months later in November. They are parents of eight children including one set of twins, Mrs. Rose Davis, Bakerfield, California; Rudy Horak, Taft, California; Albert Horak, Grover City, California; Irene Collett, Camas, Washington; Eddie Horak, Trip City, Ohio; Bennie Horak and Emily Dodge of Delia; and Esther Wehner of Rossville. There are 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Horak worked on the Union Pacific Railroad for 30 years and is now retired. He is at present janitor for the Delia Grade School. Those who helped Mr. and Mrs. Horak observe the anniversary were: Rev. and Mrs. Robert Bough- ton, Mrs. Theresa Hromada of Rossville, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Martinek Sr. of Silver Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosser and Marilyn. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Keller, Mrs. George Olejnik Sr. of Delia, their oldest son Rudy Horak of Taft, California, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Dodge and family, Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Wehner and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Horak and family. Mrs. Theresa Hromada and Mrs. George Olejnik are sisters of Mrs. Ignac Horak.
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2022 21:44:28
  Family ID	F1577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 29 Nov 1968 - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Horak, Veronica Mrs. Horak dies Monday in Topeka Mrs. Veronica Horak, 82, longtime resident of the Delia and Rossville communities, died Monday in a Topeka hospital where she had been a patient since Nov. 8. She had a heart ailment. Born Nov. 3, 1886, at Bratislav, Czechoslovakia, she came to the United States in 1912, and had lived in the Delia and Rossville communities since then. Mrs. Horak was a member of the Delia Presbyterian Church and the Moravian Lodge. On Nov. 8, 1908, she was married to Ignac Horak at Bratislav. Besides her husband, survivors include: four daughters: Mrs. Rose Davis, Bakersfield, Calif., Mrs. Irene Collett, Washougal, Wash., Mrs. Esther Wehner, Rossville, and Mrs. Emily Dodge, Delia; Four sons, Rudy Horak and Albert Horak, both of Bakersfield, Calif., Bennie Horak, Delia, and Eddie Horak, Lewisburg, Ohio; 16 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday in the Parker Mortuary, Topeka, with interment to be made in the Moravian Cemetery near Delia.